One Second Linux Boot!
This demonstration shows an embedded Linux system booting in less than one second. The demo was shown at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain in February, 2009.
The demo shows how an automotive, military, aerospace, or other application can achieve a rapid start from a cold boot. The display becomes fully active in less then 1.5 seconds from cold boot. This includes the hardware initialization time, so the actual Linux system boot time is under one second. (1 minutes)